I have been busy but mostly with stuff that isn't really interesting to others, so no point in relating it. Just kind of integrating more into the local community in my own way.
Friday night was the annual Christmas Parade. As it was going to be dark by the time both happened I didn't bother taking the camera. The parade had the usual Christmas type things including of course Santa Claus. After the parade everyone headed over to the malecon where they had a stage set up and some children were dressed up and singing carols. This year they also had a boat parade, the boats were decorated with lights and looked nice, it must have taken the owners a lot of time to do the decorating. They turned on the big fountain and had it synced to Christmas music. We wandered around and sat around and people watched and visited with our friends that we met there so a good time was had by all.
Yesterday I got energetic and made a big turkey lunch and baked bran muffins, mincemeat pie and a lemon meringue pie. We both ate way too much and relaxed the rest of the day. I took a piece of mincemeat pie down to my landlady and we discussed and dissected mincemeat and other recipes for awhile. She said she had not eaten it before, not sure if she liked it or not, she said she did. I explained to her that a lot of people do not care for it. I have been reading some Spanish cooking blogs trying to improve my cooking/baking vocabulary in Spanish, not sure if it is helping or not; but can't hurt..
